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Arazi

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32. The complaint specified pgs 12-13. Specifically these words:
Thu May 25, 2023, 03:49 PM
May 2023
We've braved the belly of the beast

We've learned that quiet isn't always peace

And the norms and notions

of what just is

Isn't always just-ice

And yet the dawn is ours

before we knew it

Somehow we do it

Somehow we've weathered and witnessed

a nation that isn't broken

but simply unfinished



K&R spanone May 2023 #1
What MAGA Found Offensive was her educated blackness. Hotler May 2023 #2
Bingo! n/t Hugin May 2023 #4
And "far from perfect/pristine" no_hypocrisy May 2023 #7
This. Exactly. fierywoman May 2023 #8
Indeed...how dare a POC be educated, well spoken and influential PortTack May 2023 #12
+1, uponit7771 May 2023 #26
She also had poise, grace and self-confidence in abundance. Emrys May 2023 #37
I was wondering what could possibly be seen as controversial. Hugin May 2023 #3
That's exactly it Farmer-Rick May 2023 #49
Written by a POC, read at Biden's Inaugural, and sounds 'woke' Hugh_Lebowski May 2023 #5
They will claim some kids will be traumatized reading that no one is perfect. (no exceptionalism) Freethinker65 May 2023 #6
Then they should also ban the Sermon on The Mount BlueKota May 2023 #9
Submit a request to that school board to ban this. It'd be interesting to see how/if they respond. TheRickles May 2023 #13
Do they accept requests from out of state? BlueKota May 2023 #31
Good point, probably not. Do you have any friends in the Miami/Dade area? TheRickles May 2023 #35
No BlueKota May 2023 #52
There was an article, I think inCrooks & Liars, soldierant May 2023 #46
Republican Jesus wouldn't have said it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 #24
True BlueKota May 2023 #30
It needs to be banned because ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #43
...he never said he was a Xtian.. thomski64 May 2023 #48
"We lay down our arms Diamond_Dog May 2023 #10
To me, all MAGAT's are offensive SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #11
i feel the same way. barbtries May 2023 #15
Sounds like "...With liberty and justice for all." Aristus May 2023 #14
When they inserted the words under god between one nation and indivisible, they ruined it anyway Walleye May 2023 #16
That's for sure. Aristus May 2023 #18
Agreed. stage left May 2023 #25
Yep, the original was much better geardaddy May 2023 #27
I always knew that Oprah was woke. panader0 May 2023 #17
Combined with Lady GaGa's singing of the national anthem with her emphasis on "our flag was CTyankee May 2023 #19
The banning is purely racism and nose thumbing..... jaxexpat May 2023 #20
Show us this person. BlueKentuckyGirl May 2023 #21
Here is the problem Playingmantis May 2023 #22
The complaint is not the main problem; what is curious is how did one complaint become policy... elias7 May 2023 #23
Exactly right. SouthernDem4ever May 2023 #33
K&R LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #28
Reading it over, again, I just marvel at her way with words. calimary May 2023 #29
The complaint specified pgs 12-13. Specifically these words: Arazi May 2023 #32
What bothers me the most about this whole thing... Initech May 2023 #34
Reading? hatrack May 2023 #36
Tragic. One complaint. BeckyDem May 2023 #38
What really pisses me off about this whole thing: Initech May 2023 #41
Ridiculous llmart May 2023 #39
I didn't need this explanation. I knew this would set them off the second I read it. They cannot Martin68 May 2023 #40
That's pretty close to what I said earlier this week. ShazzieB May 2023 #44
Hope NowISeetheLight May 2023 #42
It is utterly infuriating... Blue Owl May 2023 #45
So infuriating! Richard58 May 2023 #47
It goes against everything that the Maga world worships. Swede May 2023 #50
There's a bed in a FEMA The Wizard May 2023 #51
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